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In 2018, the DAC Network on Environment and Development Co-operation (ENVIRONET) launched a peer-learning exercise to assess how environment issues are integrated in to members’ strategies and programmes. This involved a survey of ENVIRONET members, the development of an analytical framework, peer visits to three DAC members –Canada, the European Union and Sweden– and workshops. […]

The purpose of this study is to shed light on how private domestic organisations provide financing to development in India, to examine how these private resources are allocated and to identify the issues and geographical areas that are being targeted. The survey, which was shared with some of the largest Indian philanthropic organisations and companies

There are different definitions of blended finance. The Addis Ababa Action Agenda refers to blended finance as combining concessional public finance with non-concessional private finance. The OECD employs a broader definition that extends beyond concessional finance, as follows: “The strategic use of development finance for the mobilization of additional finance towards the SDGs in developing

The 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted in 2015 are a universal plan of action for humankind. Yet, four years after their adoption many countries are not yet on track to meeting the SDGs by 2030. For many goals, particularly relating to social inclusion and environmental sustainability, some countries are actually moving

Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a formidable challenge for countries at all levels of development. The 2030 Agenda requires governments to coordinate, consult and work across policy areas in an unprecedented way. This calls for a strategic use of budget, procurement and regulatory tools and the design and implementation of innovative, forward-looking

The Recommendation on Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), which was adopted by the DAC on 22 February 2019, aims to promote a broad vision of how DAC members and non-DAC members having adhered to it can work to support, incentivise and implement more coherent, complementary and collaborative humanitarian, development and peace actions,

On 12 July 2019, the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) officially adopted the Guiding Principles on Managing for Sustainable Development Results. More than ever, development actors are called upon to join efforts and maximise the impact of individual and collective interventions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. The Guiding Principles on Managing for Sustainable Development

Having regard to: (i) “Tidewater Joint Statement on Combating Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in the Development and Humanitarian Sectors”, endorsed by Development Ministers and representatives of DAC Members during the 50th annual Tidewater meeting (Maryland, 3-5 June 2018), where Development Ministers and heads of aid agencies called for joint action on combating sexual exploitation, abuse

Trends and insights on development finance The OECD’s Development Co-operation Profiles compile and analyse verified statistics and trends on how development assistance is allocated geographically, to sectors, multilateral and civil society organisations, cross-cutting priorities such as gender equality and women’s economic empowerment and the environment and climate, and to mobilise private finance. The profiles cover

This edition analyses how trade can contribute to economic diversification and empowerment, with a focus on eliminating extreme poverty, particularly through the effective participation of women and youth. It shows how aid for trade can contribute to that objective by addressing supply-side capacity and trade-related infrastructure constraints, including for micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises notably